Hobies in Paradise

This year’s Hobie Division 4 Area Championships were sailed in August on, as usual, Lake Quinault. We’re finally getting around to publishing them.

We didn’t get around to creating a full report on this event, but you can see the results here. A couple interesting things are apparent from the results. Big boat sailor John Hoag is crewing for his daughter Jennifer (they were second in their class) and Dieter Creitz took a break from all the other boats he’s good at to show he’s good at Hobies too.

But the key to this fleet isn’t in the results. It’s clear from these photos – the key is community. It is a fun-loving well organized group that absolutely knows where to hold bush regattas.

Thanks to Jan Anderson for the photos. Here are the rest. And here’s Jan’s description of the event: “It’s always a pleasure to reconnect with the Hobie community, our multi-hull (heck, sailing) family of choice, in a consistently stunning venue, with super sailing, nice breeze and weather, an unbelievable spread of food, terrific raffle prizes, and this year, even a full blown wedding!  Enjoy these images – we sure enjoyed gathering them!”

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